Knuckles

[Lance Lafargue]

I, too, use the micro-fine teflon powder and like it a lot.  I'm wondering
how others apply it.  I use an artist brush, brush it on, then burnish it
in with a cork from a wine bottle.  I hate to see any of it wasted, but I
always do.  Other ideas?  

P.S.  After I apply it to the knuckles, I apply it to the whippen
underfelt.  I also polish the capstans and keypins, spray McLube 1725 on
them, and re-graphite/burnish the whippen tops.  This makes the piano feel
great after regulation (sometimes even before regulation). 

Lance Lafargue, RPT
New Orleans Chapter
Covington, LA.
lafargue@iamerica.net

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> From: John Ross <piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Cc: MPT@talklist.com
> Subject: Knuckles
> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 3:21 PM
> 
> List,
> I have a grand action, with knuckles that are all graphited up.
> I seem to recollect that using toluene with a brass wire brush, is the
> way to remove this stuff. Is this correct?
> I then intended to use dry lube powder from APSCO, or soapstone, to
> lubricate the knuckles.
> Is this a correct procedure?  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> Thank you.
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.